efforts to sustain the academic tradition, he began to openly express his dislike for younger artists and was forced to resign in 1871 because of his behavior. By the time of his death, he was an honorary Professor at the Florence Academy of Fine Arts and the Accademia di San Luca in Rome. References Further reading A.I. Somov, "Fyodor Bruni", in Пчела (The Bee, illustrated magazine) A. Prahova (St. Petersburg, 1875, #35) External links 19th-century Italian painters 19th-century painters from the Russian Empire Russian male painters Italian male painters Italian emigrants to Russia Artists from Milan 1799 births 1875 deaths Burials at Tikhvin Cemetery 19th-century Italian male artists 19th-century male artists from the Russian Empire